# CRU: China's changing coal landscape crucial to global urea outlook | World Coal

> CRU analysis says China holds 34% of global urea capacity and 10% of global trade in 2019. Chinese marginal exports set the global floor price when the market is oversupplied.

- Date: 2019-12-06 · published 2019-12-06T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: policy · region China · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/55867-cru-china-s-changing-coal-landscape-crucial-to-global-urea-outlook-world-coal
- Commodities: [Urea](https://feedsoft.ai/c/UREA.md)

## Why it matters

Environmental curbs on anthracite coal-based Chinese nitrogen plants are shifting marginal supply to bituminous coal producers, which shapes the global urea price floor and the cost of nitrogen for feed grain production.

## Read by commodity

- UREA: neutral

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| UREA | 2023-12-11 | [(2nd LD) S. Korea to extend tariff quota on urea, fertilizer material over China's export curbs \| Yonhap News Agency](https://feedsoft.ai/events/32638-2nd-ld-s-korea-to-extend-tariff-quota-on-urea-fertilizer-material-over-china-s.md) | -3.1% | -2.4% |
| UREA | 2025-12-11 | [Urea market braces for EU’s CBAM \| World Fertilizer](https://feedsoft.ai/events/21823-urea-market-braces-for-eu-s-cbam-world-fertilizer.md) | +1.0% | +11.2% |
| UREA | 2020-09-25 | [India’s Fertilizer Under Pressure \| World Fertilizer](https://feedsoft.ai/events/51053-india-s-fertilizer-under-pressure-world-fertilizer.md) | -4.3% | -4.0% |
| UREA | 2025-03-19 | [Govt allows Indian Potash Ltd to continue urea imports till March 2026 \| Mint](https://feedsoft.ai/events/25927-govt-allows-indian-potash-ltd-to-continue-urea-imports-till-march-2026-mint.md) | -0.7% | +5.6% |
| UREA | 2023-04-14 | [Fertiliser Security for Food Security in Southeast Asia: Going Local and Circular \| FULCRUM](https://feedsoft.ai/events/36333-fertiliser-security-for-food-security-in-southeast-asia-going-local-and.md) | -0.8% | +3.5% |

## Sources

- worldcoal.com: https://www.worldcoal.com/coal/06122019/cru-chinas-changing-coal-landscape-crucial-to-global-urea-outlook/

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